Chapter 905

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

The three little ones were fighting lively, Gululu's pincers snapping with a clatter as Jijizha and Hualala dodged and scrambled, rolling across the ground, even forgetting to cry for help.

At this moment, a gray, dusty figure appeared unhurriedly; it flapped its stubby wings, letting out "cluck cluck" calls.

This was the pearl chicken Xu Zhangqing had raised in his early years, Gugu.

At first, no one took this seemingly ordinary pearl chicken seriously; after all, everyone in the Qingmu Sect knew Gugu was just a common fowl, and though it had followed Xu Zhangqing for decades, it had never shown the slightest ability.

But the next second, Gugu suddenly flapped its wings and leaped, its figure instantly soaring several zhang high, a faint golden light rippling around its body; one claw struck down on Gululu's pincer with a "crack," actually making that hard shrimp pincer tremble slightly.

Gululu shrank back in pain, and Jijizha and Hualala also instantly stopped, staring at Gugu with faces full of shock.

Not waiting for them to react, Gugu swung out several more claws in succession, movements swift as lightning, each strike precisely hitting a vital spot on the three little ones, yet it held back, only making them beg for mercy in pain without harming their lives.

"Stop hitting, stop hitting!"

"Ow, you're killing me!"

"You're the boss, from now on you're the boss!"

In just a moment, Gululu, Jijizha, and Hualala were covered in injuries, each obediently lying prone on the ground, heads pressed tight against the earth, not daring to breathe.

Gugu landed before them, chest puffed out, and "cluck cluck" called twice more.

The three little ones immediately understood, and at once chorused: "From now on, you are our boss!"

The watching Qingmu Sect disciples, seeing this scene, were all dumbstruck.

No one had expected that this inconspicuous pearl chicken actually possessed such strength.

You have to understand, although Gululu and the others had only just awakened sentience, they still possessed a hundred years of cultivation; yet they were easily subdued by Gugu.

Someone muttered: "Gugu has lived for decades and doesn't show a bit of age; so it wasn't an ordinary pearl chicken after all!"

Others speculated: "Perhaps because it stayed by the Sect Master's side for too long, constantly absorbing heaven and earth spiritual qi, plus the Sect Master occasionally feeding it spiritual treasures, it became a spirit!"

The truth was indeed so.

Though Gugu originated as an ordinary pearl chicken, because it stayed by Xu Zhangqing's side year-round, it was tainted by his Withering and Flourishing Dao Rhyme, and ate many spirit plants and spirit fruits, long since shedding its mortal body.

It simply always concealed its strength, never flaunting it.

Wangwang and Wangzai approached unhurriedly, both wearing schadenfreude expressions.

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After a few more days, guests arrived at the Qingmu Sect.

Accompanied by surging spiritual light, an old man in a purple robe, face clear and gaunt, descended from the sky.

This person was one of the Dongting Immortal Sect's Enforcement Elders, Liu Xuan Zhou.

At the same time, he was also the one sent by the high level to convey a message this time.

Liu Xuan Zhou did not go see Xu Zhangqing, but instead went straight to find Li Wudao.

Along the way, his gaze swept over the Qingmu Sect's bustling scene, a trace of greed flashing in his eyes.

Li Wudao was very surprised to see this person, and asked: "Senior Brother, how did you come here?"

Liu Xuan Zhou got straight to the point, immediately saying: "Junior Brother, the Qingmu Sect is now developing rapidly, already on the right track.

Why not let Xu Ping'an go to the Tai Xu Lie Yuan for experience training ahead of time, to temper his temperament early, and incidentally raise his cultivation."

Li Wudao's face showed hesitation at these words: "Senior Brother, Ping'an is still young, his cultivation has only just reached Nascent Soul, and his magic tools and magic treasures haven't even been replaced in time yet.

Going to the Tai Xu Lie Yuan at this time is too rushed; let's delay a while longer."

Liu Xuan Zhou waved his hand, tone carrying a hint of dominance: "Going to the Tai Xu Lie Yuan was originally planned by the Immortal Sect.

The earlier one goes, the greater the benefit.

Moreover, I see the Qingmu Sect's foundation is now stable; even without Xu Zhangqing, it can operate normally……"

Speaking here, his words took a turn, looking at Li Wudao with a half-smile: "I think, why not bring Xu Zhangqing along as well, let the father and son temper themselves together in the Tai Xu Lie Yuan, so they can look after each other."

Li Wudao raised an eyebrow: "Zhangqing is the Qingmu Sect Master; if he leaves, the Qingmu Sect will be a group of dragons without a leader, who will take charge of the sect?"

Liu Xuan Zhou's mouth hooked into a proud smile, and he said: "Coincidentally, I also have a wood spirit root; though I am an inferior Nascent Soul, my cultivation is at the middle stage.

Taking charge of the Qingmu Sect in his stead is more than sufficient.

I reckon the Qingmu Sect disciples would be even more convinced by me."

The greed and calculation in these words could not be more obvious.

Li Wudao's face darkened, about to retort, but suddenly sensed a vast aura coming from the Qingmu Sect's Shuiding Qiongxin District.

Immediately after, a blue figure soared into the sky, straight up to the nine heavens.

"That's… Sect Master Xu?"

"Is he going beyond the nine heavens?"

"Aura so dense, could it be he's about to break through?"

Seeing this scene, many people were shocked and uncertain.

Today happened to be Xu Zhangqing's hundredth birthday; he felt the timing was ripe, so today he went out pretending to assault the Nascent Soul.

The whole person flew higher and higher, soon breaking through the cloud layer, even flying out of the Tianyuan Realm.

Before long, he directly stepped into the vast starry sky.

Yet Xu Zhangqing still did not stop, continuing to fly deeper.

Until there was no cultivator's aura in any direction, only then did he stop.

Amidst the starry sky, Xu Zhangqing's entire body surged with green light, the Withering and Flourishing Dao Rhyme flowing unceasingly.

He formed hand seals and cast the Wandering Dragon Nine Transformations, Third Transformation: Mirage Dragon Transformation.

In an instant, dark clouds gathered within a thousand li.

One after another, purple lightning bolts struck down, an imposing momentum, as if it were truly the scene of an Earth Grade Golden Core undergoing tribulation.

Liu Xuan Zhou, Li Wudao, and others looked on, all with shocked expressions.

Liu Xuan Zhou thought to himself: "Xu Zhangqing is attempting to impact the Nascent Soul?"

"Impact the Nascent Soul at a hundred years old—though it fits the legend of 'Golden Core at thirty, Nascent Soul at a hundred,' why is he undergoing tribulation at this moment?"

Time passed bit by bit, no one knew how long had passed, just as the lightning illusion was at its most intense, Xu Zhangqing's spiritual light suddenly converged.

Immediately after, an even more majestic aura erupted.

Blue and green spiritual light intertwined around his body; a Nascent Soul, translucent throughout and radiant with spiritual light, slowly emerged from within him.

This Nascent Soul was not an ordinary Nascent Soul, but an extremely rare Superior Nascent Soul, radiating rich life force from its entire body.

The next moment, the Superior Nascent Soul suddenly surged, transforming into a Dharma Aspect dozens of zhang tall.

Xu Zhangqing carried the Dharma Aspect and flew once more toward the Tianyuan Realm.

As the distance drew closer, the entire Fengrao Commandery could see the appearance of this Dharma Aspect.

Human face and bird body, the features exactly the same as Xu Zhangqing.

A pair of Four Seasons Flower Tree Wings grew from his back; the Left Wing bloomed with brilliant spring flowers, the Right Wing unfurled lush summer leaves, and when the wind blew, the flowers and leaves swayed gently, radiating rich vitality.

Beneath his feet he tread upon an Azure Dragon Phantom, dragon might vast and sweeping, deterring all directions.

In his hand he held a wooden branch brush with beast hair as the tip, spiritual light swirling around the pen tip.

Around his entire body were twenty-four light rings, each engraved with solar term patterns, representing the Twenty-Four Solar Terms.

Each rotation represented one change of the solar terms.

Li Wudao exclaimed in surprise: "That is... a Creation Dharma Aspect!"

Golden Core Stage, contacting Law Power.

Nascent Soul Stage, Law Power materialized, transformed into a Dharma Aspect.

And the Creation Dharma Aspect possesses Creation Power, able to turn the false into the real.

Such a Dharma Aspect is exceedingly precious; logically, only an Extreme Grade Nascent Soul could condense it.

Unexpectedly, Xu Zhangqing, with the aptitude of an Earth Grade Golden Core, broke through to a Superior Nascent Soul, and actually condensed a Creation Dharma Aspect.

Liu Xuan Zhou's entire body stiffened; the greed in his eyes vanished without a trace, leaving only deep dread. He stared fixedly at the Creation Dharma Aspect in the sky, his throat rolling several times: "Actually a Superior Nascent Soul, and even the legendary Creation Dharma Aspect?"

"Could the legend be true—that a Nascent Soul at a hundred years old must bring unexpected benefits!"

He originally thought that his Nascent Soul Mid-Stage cultivation was enough to crush Xu Zhangqing, and seizing control of the Qingmu Sect would be as easy as turning over one's hand.

But now, facing this Creation Dharma Aspect that towered above heaven and earth, Liu Xuan Zhou understood that between himself and Xu Zhangqing, there was already a difference as vast as heaven and earth.

Let alone seizing the Qingmu Sect, even if the other moved a single finger, he might not be able to block it.

The gap between a Superior Nascent Soul and an Inferior Nascent Soul was as obvious as a great chasm.

The thought in his heart of seizing the Qingmu Sect was completely extinguished; at this moment only lingering fear remained.

At this time in Fengrao Commandery, whether mortals or cultivators, all were shaken by the phenomenon in the sky.

The common people came out of their homes one after another, looking up at the huge Dharma Aspect in the sky, faces full of reverence, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing one after another: "Immortal!"

"An Immortal has manifested his holiness!"

"Bless our Fengrao Commandery with favorable winds and timely rains!"

Many put their hands together, faces full of piety, eyes full of reverence.

Feeling this was an auspicious sign sent from heaven, in the days to come they would surely live in peace and contentment.

The cultivators nearby all stopped what they were doing, looking up toward the direction of the Qingmu Sect, eyes full of shock.

"A Superior Nascent Soul at a hundred years old, and even a Creation Dharma Aspect?"

"This Xu Zhangqing is indeed not simple!"

"No wonder this person, while at Golden Core Stage, could serve as Sect Master of the Qingmu Sect!"

All kinds of cultivators hurriedly took out Communication Talismans to spread the news, as if afraid of missing out.

In the Qingmu Sect, disciples and members looked up at the Dharma Aspect in the sky, eyes full of pride, many moved to tears of excitement.

"The Sect Master has reached Nascent Soul!"

"Superior Nascent Soul, Creation Dharma Aspect!"

"Our Qingmu Sect is truly going to rise!"

For a time, cheers rose and fell, echoing throughout the entire Qingmu Sect.

Everyone's admiration for Xu Zhangqing reached its peak at this moment.

Li Wudao took a deep breath: "Ping'an, you have a good father!"

Xu Ping'an was extremely excited: "I'm going to tell Mother this good news!"

Li Sancai clenched both fists, his voice trembling: "Junior Brother, you have finally reached Nascent Soul!"

Wang Han's face was full of reverence; he thought to himself: "Choosing to follow the Sect Master back then—now it seems, was the most correct decision of my life."

After a moment, Xu Zhangqing withdrew the Dharma Aspect, transforming into a streak of green light that descended. His gaze swept over everyone, finally landing on Liu Xuan Zhou, and he said: "Elder Liu, today is my hundredth birthday, and also the time of my advancement to Nascent Soul."

"I do not know why Elder has suddenly come to visit; what instruction do you have?"

Liu Xuan Zhou hurriedly cupped his hands in salute, speaking respectfully: "Congratulations, Sect Master Xu, on advancing to Nascent Soul and obtaining the Creation Dharma Aspect. It is truly the fortune of the Dongting Immortal Sect, and the fortune of the Qingmu Sect!"

"Today I have come representing the Sect High Level of the Immortal Sect, specially presenting a longevity gift!"